Users Guide to Accompany the Computerized Training Requirements and Cost Evaluation System for the U.S. Marine Corps

摘要

This users guide accompanies Decisions and Designs, Inc. technical report, Development of a Computerized Training Requirements and Cost Evaluation System for the U.S. Marine Corps (TR 80-5-315.3). This guide describes the computer software implementation of the Marine Corps Training and Cost Evaluation System (TRACES) known as CTRACES (or Computerized TRACES). TRACES has been designed to function as the resource allocation component of the Marine Corps' training resource management system at the battalion level. The evaluation component of that system is the previously developed Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation System (MCCRES). CTRACES is used in conjunction with MCCRES Software Application (MCCRESSA) to assist battalion commanders in developing cost-effective strategies for allocating funds for remedial training based upon their unit's MCCRES scores. In addition, battalion commanders will be able to evaluate the expected benefit and cost of particular training packages that they, or others, have proposed for consideration. The computer used for implementing CTRACES is the IBM 5110 portable computer and can be operated in either APL or BASIC programming languages. (Author)